Étienne Le Hongre was a French sculptor, part of the team that worked for the Bâtiments du Roi at Versailles. Le Hongre was one of the first generation of sculptors formed by the precepts of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
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Posthumous portrait by André Bouys, 1691. Next to Le Hongre is a miniature reproduction of his last commission, an equestrian statue of King Louis XIV
The Seine in the Parterre d'Eau, Versailles
Juno and the peacock. Juno sits on a cloud with her peacock. Part of a bronze group attributed to Étienne Le Hongre, France, c. 1680-1690. National Museum of Scotland, EdinburghArtists from France 6
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Étienne Le Hongre was a French sculptor, part of the team that worked for the Bâtiments du Roi at Versailles. Le Hongre was one of the first generation of sculptors formed by the precepts of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. At the Bain des Nymphes (1678-80) he was one of the sculptors providing lead bas-reliefs for the fountain setting that featured the work of François Girardon. Le Hongre provided other bronze figures for the Parterre d'Eau.
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